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A pineal gland cyst is a usually benign (non-malignant) cyst in the pineal gland, a small endocrine gland in the brain. Historically, these fluid-filled bodies appeared on 1-4% of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain scans, but were more frequently diagnosed at death, seen in 4-11% of autopsies. [ 1 ]
Pineocytoma, is a rare, benign, slowly growing tumor of the pineal gland. The pineal gland is a small endocrine gland close to the center of the brain that secretes melatonin into the bloodstream. Pineocytomas can cause pressure and fluid build-up in the brain. They are more common in adults.
The human pineal gland grows in size until about 1–2 years of age, remaining stable thereafter, [20] [21] although its weight increases gradually from puberty onwards. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] The abundant melatonin levels in children are believed to inhibit sexual development, and pineal tumors have been linked with precocious puberty .
The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. Paul Mohai(pmohai@umich.edu) is a professor in the School of Natural Resources and Environment and a faculty associate at the Institute for Social Research, both at the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor. Byoung-Suk Kweonis a research investigator at the Institute for Social Research and an adjunct ...
I'd like to clarify that a cyst is not a tumor. It is my understanding that a cyst is fluid filled, whereas a tumor is a solid mass. As for the pineal gland cyst, most are asymptomatic - in other words, individuals lead normal lives with none of those symptoms described by in this article. Right now, there are no known causes of pineal gland cysts.
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They normally take over the neuraxis, the axis of the central nervous system that determines how the nervous system is placed, which allows the cysts to infiltrate the CNS tissues. [3] They are most commonly found in the area near the pineal gland , the chiasmatic cistern , and the cerebellopontine angle space.
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